Brazil's dominant coffee state, growing roughly three-quarters of the country's arabica.
Minas Gerais is Brazil's largest coffee state, producing about 74% of national arabica in 2020 and 54.3% of total national coffee in 2017. Perfect Daily Grind lists Sul de Minas, Cerrado de Minas, Chapada de Minas and Matas de Minas among its producing regions, and the state is a major source of Brazilian specialty coffee.
Field notes
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Minas Gerais alone grew about 74% of Brazil's arabica coffee in 2020.
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Minas Gerais's agriculture institute (IMA) groups the state's coffee into four macro-regions: Matas de Minas, Sul de Minas, Cerrado Mineiro and Chapada de Minas. The split is used for statistics and for competition categories.
Within Minas Gerais
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Elsewhere in Brazil
Sources · 5 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10.
- Minas Gerais · Wikipedia
- Coffee production in Brazil · Wikipedia
- A Concise Guide to Brazil's Major Coffee-Producing Regions · Perfect Daily Grind
- Brazilian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine
- Certificado de Registro de Indicação Geográfica BR402025000013-6: Chapada de Minas · INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial)